CeBIT: Corsair raids the chassis market: competitors beware?

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03-09-2009, 05:17 PM
Swatrecon_

That thing looks awesome.
03-09-2009, 07:09 PM
ShoNuff

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Originally Posted by mcoffey

Anodized black inside and out, triple rad ready with clean lines. Looks like a winner to me depending on the price.

andyc

+1...

I bet this will force the "others" to take note of what the enthusiasts really want with respect to a good solid water-cooling friendly case. Kudos to Corsair! :up:
03-10-2009, 03:35 PM
Brandito

i hope they really go head first into making cases and come out with a lot of case accessories like lian li and coolermater.

i'd definitely like to see the spring loaded optical drive covers like lian li has. or at least make the case so the lian li covers are compatible, doesn't seem too difficult.

also extra bay accessories, so you can add more hdd hotswap bays, or make a bay accessory for adding another 120mm fan in 3x5.25" bays. oh and if they do that, make it so you can clean the filter without disassembling the whole front of your case, i'm looking at you lian li!

being able to buy extra bay covers is nice too, maybe even perforated/vented ones, same goes for i/o slot covers, nice black vented ones would be great.

making your cases similar enough to allow for such accessories and allowing the end user to decide what little extras they want is definitely nice. the side panel for instance, make a non-windowed panel as well as the windowed, maybe make it optional. i'd personally like to see the windowed model as the default, but i like windows.

that's one major thing that has kept me with lian li for so long, i've been able to get all sorts of extras for my case that match and fit lke a glove. i think it'd say a lot about corsair's commitment to cases if they offered replacement parts and accessories the way lian li and coolermaster are.
03-10-2009, 04:43 PM
ILikeCosmosS

Now the i like this case but the issue with this case i find is that its to plane
The lian-li cases are more modable i agree with that but this case what is that pcb at the back of the harddrive cage

the case is unattractive but it will come around when its released(they should make the fan spacing better at the top

i love the cable management design of the case
it has those black rubber thingies which keep its black look
03-10-2009, 06:36 PM
Brandito

Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikeCosmosS

Now the i like this case but the issue with this case i find is that its to plane
The lian-li cases are more modable i agree with that but this case what is that pcb at the back of the harddrive cage

the case is unattractive but it will come around when its released(they should make the fan spacing better at the top

i love the cable management design of the case
it has those black rubber thingies which keep its black look

most if this has been addressed. the the "pcb" you refer to is for the hot swappable hdd bay, i'd almost bet it'll be a black in the final release. they could make the drives slide out from the side, but that's less convenient than swapping them out the front.

one thing i wouldn't call this case is unattractive, even if it's not your personal preference as far as style goes, it's far from ugly. sure it could be called "plain" but that's going to be what people are going to gravitate toward. there's something to be said for sleek simple lines.

just because it doesn't look like Voltron, Optimus Prime and the Mega Zord had a love child doesn't mean it's ugly.

the fan spacing at the top is going to be changed in the final version as well.
03-10-2009, 06:46 PM
Klarko

Not going to lie.... Im impressed.
03-10-2009, 07:56 PM
[XC] leviathan18

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Originally Posted by Redbeard

The case has a 140mm fan for blowing air across the four hot swappable bays, the airflow in this case works different, there's no front intake fans. All intake is done from the bottom of the case right now, through vents. The case sits about 1-2" above the floor on feet to allow for this, and pretty much the entire bottom is perforated with ventilation holes. The fan intakes from the bottom, blows across the hard drives, and the air is then ducted out behind the motherboard tray plenum for the hard drive cooling section.

The Motherboard/GPU cooling section is cooled by intake through the bottom with another 140mm fan, and exhaust through the rear. On the tooling sample at CEBIT there are a lot of pre-production bugs. The final version will have mounting holes for the triple 120mm radiator on top, as well as watercooling holes pre-cut in the separator between the PSU chamber and the motherboard chamber. This is an entirely custom chassis so it's taken some time to develop. Glad you guys like it for the most part.

sell a add on top for the guys with PA120.3
03-11-2009, 02:01 AM
Blacky

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Originally Posted by [XC] leviathan18

sell a add on top for the guys with PA120.3

^^ +1!! I totally agree with this
03-11-2009, 02:54 AM
Prince21

The inside looks excellent outside front looks boring, apart from the Harddrive extraction part the top just looks plain need a cover like the antec cases to hide CD drives, come on how often do you use cd drive hardly. Also USB/ sound at the front is needed.
03-11-2009, 04:59 AM
lazy

I like how this case looks but in the end the price will be the deciding factor
03-11-2009, 07:40 AM
Brandito

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Originally Posted by Prince21

The inside looks excellent outside front looks boring, apart from the Harddrive extraction part the top just looks plain need a cover like the antec cases to hide CD drives, come on how often do you use cd drive hardly. Also USB/ sound at the front is needed.

there's usb and sound ports at the front, next to the power and reset buttons, i assume it's a door that covers them, maybe not functional with the prototype, but when they took the front bezel off you can see them.
03-11-2009, 05:46 PM
Donnie27

I went back and saw the video at Hexus for this case. He said "$250 to $300". So maybe there's hope after all.
03-16-2009, 08:53 AM
Brandito

any new info?
03-25-2009, 10:37 AM
Redbeard

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Originally Posted by Brandito

any new info?

Working on it - for the most part we're down to hammering out little imperfections and annoyances at this point.

We have over 50 changes (some large, some small) from the version that was on display at Cebit.
03-25-2009, 10:45 AM
Manicdan

whats the price range goal of this case?
03-25-2009, 03:23 PM
ChaosMinionX

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Originally Posted by Manicdan

whats the price range goal of this case?

$250-300 is the number thats been thrown around the most.
04-21-2009, 11:16 AM
[XC] leviathan18

bump for news
04-21-2009, 12:14 PM
Mike Reyna

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Originally Posted by Swatrecon_

That thing looks awesome.

+1

I was looking at the Antec 902 or 1200 for my next build...but so far I like the Corsair much better. I've always used Antec for my builds....

Can't wait to see it in person!
04-23-2009, 07:00 AM
Brandito

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Originally Posted by [XC] leviathan18

bump for news

would also be interested in some news
04-30-2009, 10:24 AM
Brandito

it's almost may, what's new?
04-30-2009, 10:25 AM
Vinas

bumpin old thread that's about it
04-30-2009, 10:41 AM
Blacky

I hope you guys have made the case 8-slots (last cebit pics it looked that could add one slot more) instead of 7, Lian-Li is the only brand making a good-quality case (P80) with more than 7 slots I think...(new TT armor as well but that case sucks imo)
04-30-2009, 11:38 AM
tajoh111

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1413583

Here is redbeard posting some recent info
04-30-2009, 12:05 PM
Donnie27

Since I'm not that extreme anymore, I'm waiting on the Mid-Tower Version. I have almost no need for a Full Tower.
04-30-2009, 01:24 PM
NapalmV5

10 slot case/s from corsair ?

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